Diabetes and Hemoglobin A1c as Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infections in Critically Ill Patients by Eirini Tsakiridou, Demosthenes Makris, Vasiliki Chatzipantazi, Odysseas Vlachos, Grigorios Xidopoulos, Olympia Charalampidou, Georgios Moraitis, Epameinondas Zakynthinos

“…To evaluate whether diabetes mellitus (DM) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and bloodstream infections (BSI) in critically ill patients. Methods. …”
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Prevalence and Intensity of Intestinal Helminth Infections in Preschool Pupils in Lugari Subcounty, Kakamega County, Kenya by Daniel Kevin Werunga, Elizabeth Nanjala Omukunda, Jackson Cheruiyot Korir

“…About 1.5 billion are infected globally. Intestinal helminth infections are caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Strongyloides stercoralis, Enterobius vermicularis, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Necator americanus. …”
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The influence of weather and urban environment characteristics on upper respiratory tract infections: a systematic review by Henna Hyrkäs-Palmu, Henna Hyrkäs-Palmu, Timo T. Hugg, Timo T. Hugg, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Tiina M. Ikäheimo

Subjects: “…respiratory tract infection…”
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Application of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for the Detection of Pathogens in Pulmonary Infections by Dai X, Xu K, Tong Y, Li J, Dai L, Shi J, Xie H, Chen X

“…Infection and Drug Resistance…”
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Differential Stress Responses to Rice Blast Fungal Infection Associated with the Vegetative Growth Phase in Rice by Takuma Koyama, Takumi Tezuka, Atsushi J. Nagano, Jiro Murakami, Takanori Yoshikawa

“…The results indicate differential infection progression and fungal status depending on growth stage. …”
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Nitrofurantoin Drug Resistance Among Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections by Puranik VS, Balaraju T P, Pavitra T

“… Background Nitrofurantoin is a preferred choice of antibiotic for treating urinary tract infections UTIs caused by vancomycin-sensitive and vancomycin-resistant strains including cases associated with catheter use. …”
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Pathological findings in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss, walbaum 1792) in experimental vagococcus salmoninarum infection by S. Serap Birincioğlu, Hamdi Avcı, T. Tansel Tanrikulu, E.Tuğrul Epikmen, M. Lütfi Avsever

Subjects: “…experimental infection…”
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Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Neopterin Concentration Is Associated with Disease Severity in Acute Puumala Hantavirus Infection by Timo Hautala, Terhi Partanen, Tarja Sironen, Saara-Mari Rajaniemi, Nina Hautala, Olli Vainio, Olli Vapalahti, Heikki Kauma, Antti Vaheri

“…Nephropathia epidemica (NE) caused by Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) is the most common hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Europe. The infection activates immunological mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis and characteristics of the illness. …”
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Histoplasma capsulatum Infection in an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patient Receiving Voriconazole Prophylaxis by Vaibhav Agrawal, Bryan J. Brinda, Sherif S. Farag

“…Histoplasma capsulatum infection is a rare complication in the allogeneic stem cell transplant patients. …”
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Early changes in microRNA expression in Arabidopsis plants infected with the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum. by Savio S Ferreira, Suman Pandey, Jesseca Hemminger, Serdar Bozdag, Mauricio S Antunes

“…Using the well-characterized Fusarium-Arabidopsis pathosystem, we investigated how plants change expression of their miRNAs globally during the early stages of infection by F. graminearum. We have created a catalog of miRNAs that have differential expression in infected samples even before any visual symptoms of the infection are present. …”
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Multidrug Resistance Tuberculosis in the Context of Co-Infection in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Bezawit Kassaw Hailu, Yitayew Demessie, Abebe Tesfaye Gessese, Gashaw Getaneh Dagnaw, Haileyesus Dejene

Subjects: “…Co-infections…”
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Study of pathogenesis and immune response at experimental infection of broiler chicks with avian metapneumovirus subtype В by M. A. Volkova, P. S. Yaroslavtseva, V. Yu. Sosi Pato Rova, T. L. Eroshina, I. A. Chvala

“…Experimental infection of 7-day-old chicks with the isolate of avian metapneumovirus Subtype В induced mild signs of respiratory infection and swelled infraorbital sinuses in 5-15 days post infection. …”
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SLC35A2 gene product modulates paramyxovirus fusion events during infection. by Yanling Yang, Yuchen Wang, Danielle E Campbell, Heng-Wei Lee, Wandy Beatty, Leran Wang, Megan Baldridge, Carolina B López

“…Despite their importance, few host factors implicated in paramyxovirus infection are known. Using a recombinant SeV expressing destabilized eGFP (rSeVCdseGFP) in a loss-of-function CRISPR screen, we identified the CMP-sialic acid transporter (CST) gene SLC35A1 and the UDP-galactose transporter (UGT) gene SLC35A2 as essential for paramyxovirus infection. …”
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Infective endocarditis following transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement: a clinical case report by Jing-Wei Zhang, Si-ying Liao, Jie Li, Feng-Juan Yao

Subjects: “…Infective endocarditis (IE)…”
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The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Those Who Decline HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department by M. Czarnogorski, J. Brown, V. Lee, J. Oben, I. Kuo, R. Stern, G. Simon

“…To determine the prevalence of occult HIV infection in patients who decline routine HIV testing in an urban emergency department. …”
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Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Severe Iron Overload by Kamal Shemisa, Nasima Jafferjee, David Thomas, Gretta Jacobs, Howard J. Meyerson

“…An appreciable number of mycobacterial infection cases have been reported in sickle cell disease patients without immune dysfunction. …”
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Viral and immune dynamics of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women with high temporal resolution by Nicolas Tessandier, Baptiste Elie, Vanina Boué, Christian Selinger, Massilva Rahmoun, Claire Bernat, Sophie Grasset, Soraya Groc, Anne-Sophie Bedin, Thomas Beneteau, Marine Bonneau, Christelle Graf, Nathalie Jacobs, Tsukushi Kamiya, Marion Kerioui, Julie Lajoie, Imène Melki, Jean-Luc Prétet, Bastien Reyné, Géraldine Schlecht-Louf, Mircea T. Sofonea, Olivier Supplisson, Chris Wymant, Vincent Foulongne, Jérémie Guedj, Christophe Hirtz, Marie-Christine Picot, Jacques Reynes, Vincent Tribout, Édouard Tuaillon, Tim Waterboer, Michel Segondy, Ignacio G. Bravo, Nathalie Boulle, Carmen Lía Murall, Samuel Alizon

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Depletion of Neutrophils Exacerbates the Early Inflammatory Immune Response in Lungs of Mice Infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Paula Andrea Pino-Tamayo, Juan David Puerta-Arias, Damaris Lopera, Martha Eugenia Urán-Jiménez, Ángel González

“…When mice were treated and infected with 2×106 yeast cells, 100% of them succumbed by the first week after infection. …”
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A novel roseosiphovirus infecting dinoroseobacter shibae DFL12T represents a new genus by Nana Wei, Longfei Lu, Yingying Li, Bo Ding, Lanlan Cai, Yunlan Yang

“…Despite their importance, phages infecting organisms of the Roseobacter clade remain poorly understood. …”
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Update on Helicobacter pylori infection study and key points of «Maastricht-V» consensus conference (2016) by A. A. Sheptulin, T. L. Lapina, V. O. Kaybysheva

“…The special attention was paid for decreasing of infection burden and the stomach cancer prevention. …”
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